MGQ2 Translation Status

December 17, 2011

I start on the translation today, and while I’m not going to update every day, enough people have sent me e-mails asking if I’ve started yet that I figured I should make this initial post. Yes, I started as of today, and no it won’t be done in a week or two (Where are these dates coming from anyway?).

This will be the format I’ll post the translation status updates in:

Line Type: Done / Remaining

Story: 980 / 19600 — 5%

Battles: 2635 / 83,000 — 3.2%

Cities: 660/5229 — 12.6%

Encyclopedia: 0/86 – 0%

Overall: 4275/107829 — 3.9%

Remember, those aren’t “actual” line counts. The battle numbers are about 25~30% of the total for translatable lines, and the story/city scenes are about 75% . So while the actual line counts aren’t accurate, the percentages of completion should be uniform, and are a good indicator of how much has been done.

Also, don’t expect this kind of progress (4% in a day) every day. That’s more than I usually do.

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A very good update table there. Please keep that one and update it as you continue with your awsome work as it’s easy to fallow your progress through the game. I wish i could help you out, but i don’t understand a word of japaneese and i guess you sort of have to understand it in order to get all the word right. As i’m guessing that some autimatic translators might not work right. I’ll buy the game when the translation is finished as good games deserves support. It increses the chance of them making part 3 in the future too :-)

Seriously. Does RT moderate these posts? These people are just being ass-holes.
@Sam, your English is understandable, so don’t sweat about what they’re saying. Native speakers of English don’t realize how difficult it actually is, even the ones who know foreign languages. Half of the people criticizing you didn’t use correct grammar themselves.

U lazy cunt if u do 5 pecrent a day u cn hav it don b4 sopa shuts down ur site hury it up an get this done ur crazy sayin it needs months for just a game of texst and monster tits fukk an all u other commenters stop suking his dick evry time he maeks posts ur pathetic

Should go educate yourself on the issues like sopa and protect ip. This sopa bill in its current form hurts the security of the internet, fragments its framework, hurts economy by forcing companies and or other entities creating jobs, out of america, and among a host of other things, creates precedent for the government to censor any form of online social unrest/protesting et al.

If you are american, get educated and call your rep to voice your concerns. Stand up for your rights before they take them all away. They will try to vote on it again on this Wednesday.

If you aren’t american, better hope you live in a country that doesn’t like the states, because I’m sure close allies will follow suit.

Don’t blame us Americans. We have zero control over our government, which is completely, 100% controlled by the elite rich and corporations. But even hinting at that, they sic the media on you and engage in a calculated shaming and harassment campaign. It’s all nice and good to tell us that we should call our rep and write letters, but when the reps are getting openly paid millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign money, do you honestly think we have a chance?

Even the dumbest American sheeple was against TARP and raising taxes, but it doesn’t matter, because our lawmakers will do whatever the fuck they want. A growing contingent want to get rid of the Fed (go to the Fed website and read about how they are a government entity that is privately owned but is not private even though they are privately owned (by banks) and pays 6% to the owners and does not have to answer to the government or anybody else….it’s so ridiculous that nobody can read it without laughing, and it’s right out in the open).

Young Americans are fleeing this country in record numbers. This system is broken and God knows if enough Americans will ever get pissed enough to start a real revolution, because at this point, clearly voicing anger and voting people out of office does nothing. Even if you get voted out of office you already had your term, got campaign and lobbying money, have a lifetime pension (separate from SS), lifetime healthcare, and lifetime raises, plus a nice cushy corporate job because you pandered to the corporations while in office. Oh they also all get rich off of insider trading, which seemed to not bother the general public because the media also refused to make a big deal about it. And then the next guy gets into office and just repeats it anyway.

So SOPA will pass, no question. More white knights and women will get jobs to bully around everyone else on taxpayer dime, and when they start stamping out pron maybe they will finally piss off enough people.

I myself have hopes that SOPA will not pass. When you have the Human Rights Watch coming out publicly against a law, you know it’s not a good law. The biggest issue with SOPA is the near total media blackout about it, because they know if it was to be publicized it would have overwhelming negative public sentiment. But since the news organizations have parent companies that are all copyright goons, they want to keep people in the dark as much as possible.

If it does pass, 4chan could do an actual effective “raid” for once in their lives. Scour every senator and congressman’s website for any instance of copyright material (You know there’s at least one picture, song or incorrectly cited quote), and issue thousands of SOPA takedown requests.

Thanks for the reply. From what you’re saying I can see that US government is really no different from gov in my country. They don’t give a shit about what people say, and I can only facepalm at their ideas nowadays.

I apologize if I offended any of you. I got pissed when I read about what exactly is a SOPA. I have no doubt that it will (eventually) have impact on other countries net policy. Not to mention that many (not-americans) internet users will feel its impact immediately.

>But since the news organizations have parent companies that are all copyright goons, they want to keep people in the dark as much as possible.

and yet the PBS Newshour did a wonderful debate on the issue. Fight the power, Lerher. Loved explaining it to my parents as “trying to keep the bank robber from finding the bank by removing the street signs”

I can’t wait until the “phishing epidemic” hits the news and they try and blame it on pirates again, even though it’s because they fragmented DNS with their last law.

75% of people Betsu no gengo o tameshi, manabu tame ni chien shite iru, girlfriend is obsessed with japanese culture, So I had no choice in the matter. But why go the hard way when their is an easy way?

Thank you for your great work, I rather enjoy playing the MG series and I couldn’t do it without your help. We the internet should give you something for your hard work but yet I rather have nothing on hand then simple words.

-I want you to have a great day and I will keep checking in your progress! I may even work on a project of my own.

I copied over the four default files in the save folder and ran the arc update and the encyclopedia and stats look fine but it continuously tries to start a new game at the very beginning of chapter 1 instead of the second chapter.

Copying over an old save from just before the final fight doesn’t work either, as loading that results in quite a number of wrong flags (despite being just before the Gnome fight, the save thinks I haven’t done the pyramid or entered the Gnome area and I don’t have access to Slyph).

Seeing your progress already has given me the willpower I need to wait until you’re done to actually play the game. I played through a bit with ChiiTrans telling me what was going on, and I had no problem making my way through the game, but tbh, half the fun of the game (besides beating my meat to monster girls) is the adorable story and it just isn’t the same otherwise.

“I beat a pan!”

Anyways, I’m not rushing you, take your time. But I’m definitely glad to see how much progress you’ve made already.

not sure if it is the really right way to do it but with some same and load u can beat her like this:
undine–>heal–>demon decapitation–>fire spirit(replenish ur sp)–>1sp new skill(remove the fire spirit)–>start again
the problem of this and the reason that made me use save and load is that occasionally she use more powerfull attack

Just wanted to say Rogue what you are doing is purely amazing. To be fair, the game is great, but i find it extremely difficult to play if i don’t know what’s actually going on. The fact that you are translating the whole game for everyone, and you expect nothing in return is honestly godly. If i had the funds i would seriously donate some money to ya because you are just amazing. Take your time with the translation. 4,000 words in one day is a lot haha, I’m glad to wait however long it takes to get the full experience :) Again you are a saint haha.

how dare you refuse to take my money sir. how dare you! lol… k so I have no life and I’m finished already. it was so awesome. I can’t wait to find out what’s really going on storywise, but from what the crappy machine translator tells me, I’ve picked up a bit of it. so epic!!! thank you so much for translating these games, rogue. you deserve all the ass kissing in the world!!! get those cheeks ready, here I come!!!!!

Just finished the game and damn… I really liked it, at first story was kinda sloppy but it got really good with time (too bad I didn’t understand everything with Translation Aggregator) I was pleased that (imo) 2nd part was harder than first one… and what I can say, Alice was right, Luka + 4 spirits = demigod mode ;]

Oh and I want a spoiler button here coz I want to share some my thoughs about story! :D

you’re the best, awsome among the awsome, and god among the gods.
I even tryed to learn japanese for the first game but it was a lil bit too much.
Really looking forward to see ur work and as other said dont overwork yourself

If he finishes half in a month and a half I’d say that’s crazy fast and I would be extremely thrilled.

For my own personal selfish reasons I hope it can be finished right at the end of February or the beginning of March, as I won’t have computer access for a few months after that. But I’m sure this website will still be up so it doesn’t matter too much, plus if I’m super lucky, by the next of next year when I have access again maybe part 3 will be done too.

Twin succuby are pretty hard.. one of the hardest fights in the game.
I beated them by having both sylph and gnome active and a ton of luck.

After the move where she suck away sp from you you have to guard or she will do a ton of damage.
For the rest of the battle … attack, heal … keep the elementals up and hope that sylph deflect enough hits …

I tried the same strategy like 10 times and finally I managed to take them down .. but despite using the same strategy over and over all the other times I was defeated.
To me it really comes down on how many hits are effectively deflected by sylph

Im in a earlier stage I guess after I kill that fire girl thing and im with guranberia (if i lose she sucks my dick) and im supposed to do something with water girl but i have no idea how to do stuff since its in japanese ;_;

save and load u can beat her like this:
undine–>2nd time heal–>demon decapitation–>fire spirit(replenish ur sp)–>1sp new skill(remove the fire spirit)–>start again
the problem of this and the reason that made me use save and load is that occasionally she use more powerfull attack

pratically it isn’t a really special fight u just need to use sylph+gnome and keep ur healt over half coz she has one attack that deals 800 dmg.
moreover she has 2 binding attack, one can be avoided with struggling and the other with attacking so is she binds u save and see witch one u needed to do

Please, I need some help. I know that many may not reply to this, but please help me!

when I play the game (Ubuntu 10.04), all the text is slightly scrambled. Some of the letters will be witched, and sometimes they will “blend” together, all glitchy.

Please help me! I’ll give you my heart and soul! Also, RogueTranslator: Thanks for all of the hard work. I love Monster Girl Quest, but playing it is almost impossible due to this…I appreciate any, and all, answers. Thank you!

In their Readme they credited Rogue as being quite helpful. Again, it’s just a machine translation, and it’s really not very good. But the way I figure it, chances are it’s a step between the Japanese and the English, and might be a bit easier to work off of, whether you’re playing or translating. I’ve gone up to the arena match with Alma Elma (Lost to her, you decide if that’s good or bad ;) ) and can confirm it works. Again, machine translation, not great, but it works. Apologies if this is completely worthless, and you’re welcome if this is a major thing of awesomesauce.

Thanks so much Roy for the English british novel translation xD hahha sorry but it feels like im playing runescape with that english translation but tis better than reading Japanese and NOT understanding a single word i thank u heaps dude i ow you one dude :D

Keep in mind, I’m not the one who made this, I just saw it and figured you guys would like to have it. Still can’t wait for Rogue’s Version, I have no doubt it’ll blow the machine one out of the water.

Firstly, son of a bitch. So many spoilers on the comments section… ;_;

Secondly, thank you so much for all the work you’ve put in the game Rogue! I played the first one a while back and then when #2 came out I decided to support torotoro and bought the game. Can’t wait for the translation to come out! :) :) :) :)

Thanks for all your hard work and I’m sure we will all be eagerly anticipating your English patch.

Also is it just me or does Alice have a very “Lilith” (read the myth) persona?

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even if it was with some awful machine translation the bad ending in which u kill alice is the saddest thing ever. For me it was even sadder than ace’s or jiraiya’s death, something like “omfg what did i just do… noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo”

Lies, ALL LIES! There can be no such thing, because it would exclude the possibility of a third part (now don’t say that I’ve been misinformed about the series of MGQ have three parts). If it cannot be helped I will have to threaten Torotoro with a giant “Laser”.

Quite amazing that he’s able to actually take her down though, unless she held back, which could make sense I guess. Kinda makes you wonder what the third part will revolve around (if there’s still one planned that is. Does anyone know if part 2 ends in cliffhanger?) with him being so strong now. I guess those coloured stones they found will come into play and reveal something about Luka. Hint: Wings.

probably spoiler(really dont read it if u dont like spoilers)
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always from the bad machine translation :P
if i got it right luka already used the stone to get to hellgondo continent(really didny read all that part it was too long to read without a proper translation).
The thrid part (thing that i immagine since 1st game when alice showed up and ilias didnt) will be a fight against ilias forces(u can understand this even without translation by watching at what happen in the true end when u spare alice’s life)

I guess it’s pretty much confirmed that the final boss is going to be Ilias, but I really hope Torotoro puts in a choice along the lines of ‘Take ‘super sword of awesome and challange Ilias. Result: have sex with Alice’ and a ‘Take ‘super sword of.. Oh look, a butterfly!’ Result: Raped to death by Ilias and Alice at the same time.

Well if you finish part 2 you have a clear idea of what to expect in part 3.
Wich opens up some questions about the third chapter.

I’m not strongly against watching what seems to be the next “kind” of enemy rape Luka’s brains out…
But at the same times seems on the paper a lot less interesting compared to what we had to face in the first 2 chapters (expecially this one… AMAZING monsters)

I haven’t been to the end myself (kept restarting over), but this is the wording from people who have reached the end. Idk about the “deciding factor” but it may appear as the rape game over windows before you get Evaluations and Retry. I’m pretty sure getting raped and being enslaved forever (1 and 2) won’t continue the game in part two.

To get Outcome 3:
After getting Alice’s health to nothing, she will start to talk about enjoying her travels with Luka , etc. (The cue here is that the music will change.) After a good amount of conversation is done, you should be able to choose the battle options again. You have to not damage her for a few turns. The end conversation should pop up between Luka and Alice soon enough.

Ok I really drunk now so sorry for my bad english. Anyway rog plz do something about the spoils coz they are ruining fun for those who haven’t played it yet.
So staright to the point:
I can’t wait for full english translation because I haven’t read rape scenes yet (I skipped them) when going through story, and can’t wait for 3rd part :D

It’s not so ninja like. I practice Martial Arts, and my “Family Trial”, as they call it, involves surviving in the wilderness with nothing but my sword and clothes for 3 weeks. I am currently sending this to you from my mobile at the airport.

Yea. I kinda thought I would put that out there. If it’s not finished when I get back, i’ll help to put the finishing touches up. All depending on how quick the translations come along. Even if I helped, i could only do so much, as otherwise you’d have 2 slightly different translations put together. The one thing i’d majorly change in MGQ 1 would be to not use the word honeypot so much.

Iv tried using Gnome/Sylph together to avoid that struggle attack because its instant death if u dont use gnome on if she uses that.
But she attacks you heaps and uses always 3 attacks against you… i keep dying to her anyone gotten past this bitch of a monster?

I keep running out of SP for Meditation for HP regen and to keep using gnome/sylph on me… O.O

Sounds like you would benefit from doing one section in at a time.
Safe in the knowledge that you never have to go back to said segment it would make it easier for you, at least, that’s how i see it.
Whatever you decide, good work as always.

meh nvm i used a chest engine xD HAHAHA couldnt get passed it made me very >:( and also that ending where you decide to kill/not to kill alice Can anyone upload a brief summary of the ending so i know whats happening? and i hope a part 3 comes out because i think Luka is going to go kill Lillas now well thats my gut feeling from seeing this and she is making an army against us? or am i reading it wrong?

Anyway man that kill alice scene really killed me inside… like she was so funny cute and erotic and was your teacher and they add a kill her off option… man that sucked..

But seriously im crossing my fingers for a third game where we defeat Lillas and have a family ending with alice or a marriage ending with alice for a change..

I also cant wait to play this game with PROPER translation then i can re-play it again and also know the story. Seriously japan should so make this game into an anime series :P
I know its eechi/hentai and all but like its just so awesome!!

The only sex scenes Luka would be getting then would be from Alice, Meia, and Sara and other canon scenes. Rapes by monsters he fights won’t count, because if you go backwards and defeat the monsters, it never happened. The only way sex scenes from all monsters could appear as canon would be Ilias resurrecting Luka by turning back time in the Evaluations. But that’d eat up a lot of time, to fight, get raped, then fight again. If it were made into an anime, boobs and vaginas would probably be censored/covered, and sex scenes would be removed. In scenes where Alice rapes Luka (well its not truly rape), it could be replaced by touching scenes where they get closer as a couple. w/o sex though, it’s just an ecchi anime with action/adventure/comedy/romance. Nonetheless, it’d still be a powerful advertisement tool. In the game, generally there are some odd monsters which stand between arcs, like the Centaur, or the Minotaurus. Those can be completely left out of the anime, as they don’t serve a true purpose other than more xp and testing skills.

Anyone have tips on the Beelzebub (?) girls on the pirate ship? It’s these 3 fly looking girls who attack together…They have a ton of hp and I can’t sustain gnome/sylph/meditate nearly long enough to win (I think I’ve gotten them to about 2/3 at best).

I’ve tried using salamander, undine, and just trying to last as long as possible for an auto-win you usually see on “impossible” battles but to no avail.

Somewhat luck based but just use Gnome/Sylph/Meditate. Towards the end of your first gnome/Sylph cycle just save SP even if your hp is getting low and just use Undine. Then attack normally (hopefully you have 6-7 turns of it), you should get them low enough to “auto-win” the fight.

I like the game but dont like the creator ideas, i alredy readed the entire original MONSTER GIRL ENCYCLOPEDIA and I myself know a lot about monsters, in the start of the first part he said that “MEDUSA” was an insect based monster, but, every little child know that Medusa is a Lamia like creature with snakes as hair, and there is only one Medusa, since she’s the Queen of the GORGONS, the game creator made some totaly infidel and non-existant monsters, i sure let me angry, just a little, because I realy know about monster and monster girl twisted a little my knowledge XD and about one of the first comments, Yeas, hes english is quite horrible, hem ay have inproved by now but, im from “BRASIL” (in Brasil it isnt with Z people) and I learned my english alone, let us say I didnt learned but aquired it, by playing lots of Age Of Empires II when I was 6-8 years old, and know im 14 I can speak just like a true Norht American! Better than learning, is learning alone! Now im trying to learn japanese, since I started watching anime, I watch subbed so im better speaking Japanese that writing, since its completly diferent XD
And rogue, PLEASE, I HOPE YOU FINISH THIS AT LIGHTNING SPEED (oops, forgot where was Caps), I would love to play this in english! Im rooting for you!